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Featured Articles
- How to Prepare for Postdoc Applications and InterviewsBy: Plantae CommunityJune 2, 2025Being a postdoc is an exciting career step, where you get to act as a researcher, but also sometimes a teacher, mentor, lab manager, project read more...
- How to Develop Networking Skills and Be the Most Charming Person in the RoomBy: Plantae CommunityMay 26, 2025“Networking” still sounds like something that requires a name tag and a slightly forced smile. But it doesn’t have to be. Let’s be honest: the word read more...
- Back to Basics: Contributions of Plant Science to Fundamental Scientific ConceptsBy: Plantae CommunityMay 19, 2025Plant biology has always been at the center of biological research. When most people think about biology, they often think of human read more...
Education
Becoming a Better Teacher: How to Get Started in Pedagogical Studies
By: Plantae CommunityMay 12, 2025Ask someone to name their favourite teacher, a few names instantly come to mind – those who shaped their journeys in significant ways. But what read more...Plantae Presents: AI in Plant Biological Sciences Research
By: Plantae CommunityMay 5, 2025Plantae Presents: AI in Plant Biological Sciences Research Featuring Pau Formosa-Jordan, Maryna Kuzmenko, and Manish Tiwari When: Friday, May 23, read more...Plantae Presents: How Plant Scientists Can Lead the Way in Green Lab Practices
By: Plantae CommunityApril 14, 2025Plantae Presents: How Plant Scientists Can Lead the Way in Green Lab Practices Featuring Caitlin Broadbent, Malia Gehan, and Lize Joubert When: read more...
Careers
From Academia to Industry: Expert Advice from Industry Veterans Who Made The Leap
By: Plantae CommunityApril 14, 2025It is the age-old question for an early-career scientist: should I pursue a path in academia or industry? Following years of study through graduate read more...Being a Parent and Future Parent in Academia
By: Plantae CommunityFebruary 3, 2025This community blog harbors personal viewpoints on how to navigate parenthood and academia from two perspectives, one a current academic parent and read more...Resiliency in Long Research Projects
By: Plantae CommunityJanuary 20, 2025The advancement of scientific knowledge often relies on long-term research efforts, which enable researchers to study multiple factors and thoroughly read more...
Research Insights
Review: Lost in translation – lessons from concepts that don’t translate from Arabidopsis
By: Mary WilliamsMay 23, 2025The May 2025 issue of The Plant Cell has a focus on Arabidopsis and how this simple model plant has had an outsized impact on our understanding of read more...Update: How to eat an idea (and translate genes to products)
By: Mary WilliamsMay 23, 2025Plant biologists are critical players in the pursuit of crop enhancement and other real-world solutions to today’s pressing problems, yet few of us read more...PPR767 controls mitochondrial RNA editing to regulate growth and drought tolerance in rice
By: Muhammad KhanMay 23, 2025Mitochondria are vital energy-producing organelles that depend on precise RNA processing for function. In this study, Peng et al. identify PPR767, a read more...